| LC control no. | no2009153373 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hamburger, Maik, 1931- |
| Variant(s) | Hamburger, Michael Pitt, 1931- |
| Associated country | Great Britain Germany |
| Located | Berlin (Germany) |
| Birth date | 19310212 |
| Place of birth | Shanghai (China) |
| Field of activity | Translating and interpreting Theater--Production and direction Arts publicity |
| Affiliation | Deutsches Theater (Berlin, Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Translators Dramaturges Arts publicity--Biography |
| Found in | Arno Reinfrank : Dichter aus der Pfalz im Exil -- Autor der "Poesie der Fakten", 2009: t.p. (Maik Hamburger) p. 63 (Maik Hamburger, b. 1931, Shanghai; studied philosophy, Aberdeen, and physics, Leipzig; works as translator of Shakespeare, O'Casey, Donne; diverse publications, includng A history of German theatre, Cambridge, 2009) OCLC, Sept. 25, 2009 (hdg: Hamburger, Maik; usage: Maik Hamburger) Donne, J. Zwar ist aus Dichtung Sünde, 1985: t.p. verso (Maik Hamburger) Shakespeare, William. Ein Sommernachtstraum, 2013: title page (aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Maik Hamburger) Wikipedia, German version, viewed April 8, 2014: article, Maik Hamburger (Maik Hamburger, "eigtl." [actually or properly] Michael Pitt Hamburger; born of German parents in Shanghai, China, February 12, 1931; German translator, publicist, and dramatic adviser ("Dramaturg"); childhood spent in China, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Switzerland, and England; attended school in Oxford and college (major philosophy) in Aberdeen; in 1951, he followed his mother to East Germany and studied physics in Leipzig; was Dramaturg for nearly 30 years at the Deutsches Theater in (East) Berlin, where he prepared numerous translations, primarily of Shakespeare; has taught in Leipzig and Berlin; for many years, he was vice-president of the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft; has published in both German and English) Salon Exil (Writers in Exile go Public), website, viewed April 8, 2014: Kalender > Maik Hamburger--Übersetzer, Theatermann, Publizist (Berlin), in Lesung und Gespräch...28.02.2014 (born in Shanghai in 1931, where his father had a position as an architect; later during the Third Reich, his family's Jewish background prevented their return to Germany, and the family lived in various European countries; after his parents separated, and two years after his mother moved to East Germany, Hamburger moved to East Germany in 1951) |
| Associated language | ger eng |
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